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omen in Publishing is an informal grouping of women professionals from all aspects of the publishing industry. It began in March 1979. The first open meeting of what was to become WiP was in December 1979 in an upstairs room at the Globe pub, opposite Baker Street tube station. The meeting was chaired by Anne McDermid and the discussion led by Liz Calder and Ursula Owen, co-founder of Virago with Carmen Callil. About one hundred women attended the first meeting. Further meetings led to a more formal declaration of aims, and to the election of the first WiP committee. Since the seventies, many chapters have opened worldwide. The Indian chapter is housed in Zubaan. We inaugrated the session on 26 May 2006, with over sixty professionals from the Indian publishing industry who had gathered to meet Liz Calder, founder member of WIP and now, Director, Publishing, Bloomsbury.
In India, we already have WIP local chapters in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Guwahati. Members include editors, translators, reviewers, literary journalists, authors, sales and marketing professionals, publishers, printers, typesetters, designers, illustrators etc.
To become a member of this group please write to womeninpublishing@gmail.com .
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